Number of bytes to be reserved for permanent storage for this user. The space is taken from unallocated space in the database or user of the immediate owner.
You must specify a value for this option. There is no default.
A global temporary table requires a minimum of 512 bytes from the PERM space of its containing user or database. This space is used for its table header.
You cannot specify any other options for the new user until after you specify the PERMANENT and PASSWORD options.
The only significant difference between a user and a database is that you can specify a password for a user, but not for a database.
- n
- You can enter the number of bytes as an integer, decimal, or floating point value or as a constant expression whose evaluation determines the number of bytes. You can also enter the value using exponential notation. For example, you can write one thousand as either 1000 or 1E3.
- constant_expression
- Any SQL expression that does not make any column references. Specifying an appropriate constant expression for the PERM space size of a user enables Vantage to assign an optimal quantity of PERM space that scales to the size of your system by allocating PERM space on a per AMP basis.
- BYTES
- Optional keyword that redundantly specifies the unit for the amount of space allowed.
- SKEW
- Keyword that you use to specify a skew limit for PERMANENT space. You can specify a skew limit percentage that allows the maximum AMP space usage to be above the per-AMP quota, that is, the system maximum space limit divided by the number of AMPs.
- constant_expression
- Constant expression or constant from 0 through 10000. Specify a value from 1 to 9999 to indicate an AMP-level limit, which is the per-AMP quota * (1+permskewlimit/100). Specify 0 to set space accounting to the per-AMP level, that is, no skew. A value of 10000 indicates unlimited skew, up to the system maximum space limit.
- DEFAULT
- Use the value of DBS Control DefaultPermSkewLimitPercent.
- PERCENT
- Optional keyword that you can include for readability to indicate that the constant_expression or DEFAULT keyword specifies a percentage of allowable skew.